Translated from the German by Simon Pare, this is an internationally bestselling novel about the distance one man will travel for the sake of love and friendship. With appeal to fans of }The Elegance Of The Hedgehog{ and }The Unlikely Pilgrimmage Of Harold Fry{. The international bestseller, translated from the German by Simon Pare. On a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop; or rather a 'literary apothecary', for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of his customers. The only person he is unable to cure, it seems, is himself. He has nursed a broken heart ever since the night, twenty-one years ago, when the love of his life fled Paris, leaving behind a handwritten letter that he has never dared read. His